So Much Magnificence!

Oregon Coast, 3.24.08

There is so much magnificence near the ocean.
Waves are coming in,
Waves are coming in,
Hallelujah, hallelujah.
~ Miten ~

There is so much magnificence near the ocean...in the ocean. I sat for hours staring into the ocean this afternoon and into the evening. I sat on a long, smooth log on the shore, sun shining on my face, looking out and into the waves...crashing, tumbling, rolling, colliding, advancing, retreating, lapping, licking, swirling, swaying. I felt the Power, I felt the Presence moving through her...moving through me...and with each moment I felt myself grow stronger, I felt myself rejuvenate, reconnect, remember, resurrect. There is so much magnificence near the ocean and today I was there to see it, to feel it and to bring it into my own body, through my breath, through my eyes, through my skin, through my desire.

At one point my eyes were drawn downward to some small, white, bead-like pebbles that were laying in the sand. I knelt down and picked one up to hold in my hand. It was tiny...like a "grain" of sea salt. As I rolled it between my fingers and into my palm I heard: "This is the amount of faith required to move the mountain. Do you have this much faith?" I smiled and felt the pebble in my hand. "Yes, I have this much faith." "Then the mountain will be moved...then the mountain is moved. It is done, accomplished." I smiled again and exhaled...I have been needing to exhale...working so hard to hold it together, figure it out...and today, today I relaxed into the deep knowing that all is well...that in all matters of my life, this Life...all is well.

The Power that moves and animates the ocean...is the same Power that moves and animates you and I. We can trust that Power...we can tap that Power...I am that...I AM. I gathered at least 100 of those tiny pebbles for others...knowing that we all need to remember that if we have faith the size of a mustard seed and take one step in faith...God will take 100 towards us. Move mountain...and it moves. Nothing will be impossible when we remember that the Ocean, the Presence, the Power lies within us.

I invite you to take a trip to the ocean, sit with a tree, gaze on a flower, smell the scent of Spring...let love find you, let faith move you, let God's sweet Universe remind, restore, resurrect you.

Thank you Grandmother Ocean for re-membering me today. There is so much magnificence near the ocean...in the ocean...in me. Amen.

Matthew 17:20

If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.